Famous Deaths In April - 12

0065  On April - 12 death of seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist  

0238  Death of Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle) on April - 12.  

0352  Julius I, pope (337-52), dies on April - 12.  

0434  On this day in history death of archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople  

1125  On this day in history death of vladislaus I of Bohemia  

1443  Death of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

1550  On this day in history claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53  

1555  Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1605  On April - 12 boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies  

1675  Death of Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609) on this day in history.  

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1687  On this day in history death of ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer  

1690  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1704  On April - 12 john Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76  

1748  William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies on this day in history.  

1760  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 on April - 12.  

1782  On this day in history death of metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698)  

1788  On this day in history carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56  

1795  On this day in history rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80  

1797  On this day in history josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71  

1814  On April - 12 death of charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726)  

1817  Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies on April - 12.  

1828  On April - 12 jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60  

1845  On April - 12 henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65  

1850  Death of Adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b. 1788) on this day in history.  

1859  John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84 on April - 12.  

1864  Thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50 on April - 12.  

1872  Death of Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795) on April - 12.  

1878  On this day in history william M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies  

1896  Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62 on April - 12.  

1898  Death of Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820) on April - 12.  

1902  Death of Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842) on April - 12.  

1909  Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1910  On April - 12 william G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69  

1912  Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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0812  On April - 12 birth of muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835)  

1484  Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546) was born on April - 12.  

1500  Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist was born on April - 12.  

1526  On this day in history birth of muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)  

1550  Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604) was born on April - 12.  

1577  On April - 12 birth of christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)  

1579  On this day in history birth of francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France  

1626  On this day in history birth of paul Hainlein, composer